HOLLYWOOD TAKEOVER: CHINA’S CONTROL IN THE FILM INDUSTRY

Here's the decision. This is an important, eye-opening documentary that exposes how the Chinese Communist Party seduced Hollywood executives and film financiers to help it infiltrate the American entertainment industry — all to gain access to China's lucrative box office and, along the way, undermine America and subvert liberty.

Told partly through Hollywood producer Chris Fenton, who once brokered these very deals, the film is candid and revealing. It also shows people fighting back — in Congress, in the media, in China, and in Hollywood itself. The content is clean: no obscenities, no sex, no nudity, just a few light exclamations and some historical newsreel footage.

One thing to know going in: Epoch TV, which made and distributes the film, was founded by the Falun Gong, an anti-communist religious group from China. That's context for weighing the film's perspective, not a reason to avoid it. If you want to understand how the CCP has shaped what you watch, this one is well worth your evening.

Chris Fenton was a talent-agent-turned-Hollywood-producer who saw a golden opportunity in China's enormous movie market. He joined DMG Entertainment, a company built on making film deals with China — deals that landed hit movies like LOOPER and IRON MAN 3 in Chinese theaters.

But those deals came with strings. Content was changed to make China look good. And Fenton, who believed the relationship might nudge a communist country toward democracy, began to suspect he'd gotten it backward. This documentary follows what he — and America — discovered.

Four stars, and here is what they mean. This is a serious, well-constructed documentary that builds its case with firsthand testimony and concrete examples. Fenton's insider perspective gives it real weight: this is a man describing deals he personally helped arrange, including scripted talking points fed to a star to praise China's government during a promotional visit.

The film widens its lens effectively, gathering voices from across the industry and politics — actors, a senator, a news anchor, filmmakers who saw their projects shelved or banned. It documents the CCP's reach with specifics rather than generalities, from banned Brad Pitt movies to TOP GUN: MAVERICK's contested Taiwanese flag. It's clear-eyed, urgent, and honest about whether the pushback has come too late. A compelling watch.

This documentary carries a strong moral, pro-American, and conservative worldview, driven by very strong anti-communist conviction. It exposes the tyranny and subterfuge of the Chinese Communist Party and the threat it poses to America and the wider world. One interviewee briefly mentions his Christian faith.

The film's moral clarity is its strength. It names as evil what is evil — the suppression of truth about human-rights abuses, the economic leverage used to silence critics, the willingness of a famous actor to praise a tyrannical system for the sake of box-office profit. That last moment the film openly rebukes, and rightly so. It also honors those who resist: lawmakers, journalists, and filmmakers who refuse to bend, even at cost to their careers. Sam Sorbo urges parents to teach their children the truth about America's story and the values that made it a beacon of liberty.

One matter of perspective belongs here, stated once. Epoch TV, the film's maker and distributor, was founded by the Falun Gong, an anti-communist religious movement from China that the CCP has banned. Viewers should factor that into how they weigh the film's angle.

Beneath the politics runs a concern for truth against deception — the effort of a powerful regime to change how people see reality itself. Scripture prizes that same truth: "Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding" (Proverbs 23:23).

This is a rare documentary that both informs and stirs — an insider's account of how the world's largest communist regime worked its way into the movies you watch, and of the people finding the courage to push back. Clean enough for older children and sharp enough for adults, it earns its place. Our answer stands: worth watching.